ineffable
의미: Too great, extreme, or profound to be expressed or described in words; beyond the capacity of language to capture adequately.
Ineffable is a word about the limits of words — it marks the point where language breaks down in the face of overwhelming experience, beauty, or emotion. It is most commonly associated with religious and spiritual experience (the ineffable nature of the divine), but it also appears in art criticism, philosophy, and literary writing to describe aesthetic or emotional states that resist articulation. The word carries a tone of reverence and wonder, and collocates with 'beauty,' 'joy,' 'sadness,' 'mystery,' 'quality,' and 'something.' It is paradoxically one of the most eloquent words for describing the inexpressible.
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- There was an ineffable sadness about the abandoned village, as though the stones themselves mourned the departure of their inhabitants. 那个被废弃的村庄有一种无法言喻的悲伤,仿佛石头本身也在哀悼居民的离去。Había una tristeza inefable en la aldea abandonada, como si las propias piedras llorasen la partida de sus habitantes.その廃村には言い表しがたい悲しみがあった。まるで石そのものが住民の去ったことを嘆いているかのようだった。그 버려진 마을에는 형언할 수 없는 슬픔이 감돌았다. 마치 돌들 자체가 주민들의 떠남을 애도하는 것 같았다.
- The choir's performance of the requiem achieved something ineffable — a quality that no recording could hope to capture. 合唱团的安魂曲演出达到了某种难以言传的境界——一种任何录音都无法捕捉的品质。La interpretación del réquiem por el coro alcanzó algo inefable, una cualidad que ninguna grabación podría aspirar a captar.合唱団のレクイエムの演奏は何か言葉にできないものに達していた。いかなる録音も捉え得ない性質のものだった。합창단의 진혼곡 연주는 형용할 수 없는 무언가에 도달했다 — 어떤 녹음도 담아낼 수 없는 그런 성질의 것이었다.
- Philosophers have long grappled with the ineffable nature of consciousness, struggling to put subjective experience into objective terms. 哲学家们长期以来一直在与意识的不可言说的本质作斗争,努力将主观经验转化为客观术语。Los filósofos llevan mucho tiempo lidiando con la naturaleza inefable de la conciencia, esforzándose por traducir la experiencia subjetiva en términos objetivos.哲学者たちは長年にわたって意識の言語化しがたい本質と格闘し、主観的経験を客観的な言葉に置き換えようと苦心してきた。철학자들은 오랫동안 의식의 말로 표현할 수 없는 본질과 씨름하며, 주관적 경험을 객관적 언어로 옮기려고 고심해 왔다.
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사용 가이드
맥락: academic, general
어조: reverent
기원과 역사
From Latin ineffabilis (unutterable), from in- (not) and effabilis (utterable), from effari (to speak out), from ex- (out) and fari (to speak). Entered English in the 15th century, primarily in theological contexts.
문화적 배경
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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